History

Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller is taking part in numerous events during the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. He said he would never forget the day the Wall had come down.

Normally, walls are being built to keep people out. But in two cases, they were built to keep people in. This applies to jail walls and the Berlin Wall.

Berlin's Governing Mayor Michael Müller opened the festivities for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall at 'Alexanderplatz' square today. A large…

Thirty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, numerous events are going on in Berlin. For those who prefer to stare at their screens, there are interesting online resources for photos. They show a different Berlin.

Germany is about to celebrate its reunification in the very north. Politicians and other citizens will fill the port city of Kiel on Thursday, for that purpose.…

Twenty-nine years ago on Thursday, the reunification of Germany took place. But the actual process has not been completed, in the sense that there are still…

Seventy-four years after General Jodl declared the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, the Federal Republic of Germany is dealing with its last Nazi trials. One defendant just died at age 96. In Hamburg, a former guard at the Stutthof concentration camp is waiting for his trial.

Alexander von Humboldt was a universal scholar who worked on his research relentlessly. His 5-year expedition on the American continent, his best-known project,…

Forty-seven years ago in Munich, Palestinian terrorists murdered almost the entire Israeli team at the Olympic Games. West Germany aided the culprits by making…

Eighty years ago, Nazi Germany attacked Poland. By doing so it started World War II, which brought death and misery to Europe. During this war, six million Jews and members of other minorities were murdered in an unprecedented genocide campaign. Commemorations are scheduled to take place in Poland and Germany.